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Emma Snowsill, Olympic Gold Medalist talks about Japanese Acupuncture and better health

Alan — Mon, 24 May 2010 20:47:17 +0000

Emma Snowsill, Olympic Gold Medalist

Just about everyone has heard that acupuncture is good for pain, headaches, lower back problems etc.

But few, including many of my colleagues in Acupuncture and Allied Modalities realize how potent skillfully applied acupuncture can be in promoting better health and in the case of Olympic Gold Medalist Emma Snowsill, a way of recapturing her competitive mojo.

I am a clinician, a teacher, student, a creator of networks and a representative of this ancient profession to which I am privileged to belong.

After 25 years in practice I retain a deep respect and passion for the art of acupuncture and enjoy nothing more than seeing clients benefit from treatment.

As a practitioner of this extraordinary healing art I am driven by the conviction of massive clinical experience and willingly acknowledge that the strength of this medicine lies in the sensitivity of our hands, our powers of observation, the awareness of our senses, each vital to our ability to assimilate and collate this information, translate it into a meaningful diagnosis and most importantly, perform the most effective treatment possible.

Emma Snowsill is the reigning Olympic gold medalist in triathlon, a short time ago she competed in her comeback race after an extended mystery illness that saw her incapacitated and bedridden for many months last year.

The story of her recovery is a little too long to recount here, however earlier this week Emma returned from Korea with a nasty tummy bug in tow that caused her to suffer from violent vomiting and diarrhea.

She was still suffering from strong diarrhea when she consulted me on Wednesday morning, she felt significantly better after treatment and woke up the following day diarrhea free and easy?

This Sunday morning after her follow-up treatment for the big daddy tummy bug I had the pleasure of interviewing Emma about how she rebuilt her health culminating in her comeback race in Korea last weekend.

No prizes for guessing the role Japanese Acupuncture played in her recovery.

After many months of being seriously unwell, barely able to walk, bedridden for much of the time, totally unable to train, she finished an extremely credible 6th in a field of the 50 best triathletes in the world!

Emma also discussed her recovery from that big daddy of tummy bugs and how she has managed to get back to full training less than a week after being what she described as, ‘the most violently sick ever!’

I video taped the interview and it should make for very interesting viewing and you will get to meet the real Emma, an extremely humble human being and an extraordinarily talented athlete.

We conducted this interview on my balcony overlooking the Coral Sea, here is the link, http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8Tv9z-ekNbY, hope you enjoy.
All the best,
Alan

Alan Jansson is an internationally recognized teacher and practitioner of Traditional Japanese Acupuncture. For well over a decade, independent of and in conjunction with Masakazu Ikeda sensei and Edward Obaidey, Alan has presented, convened and hosted more than 40 Traditional Japanese Acupuncture workshops in Australia, New Zealand and USA. Driven by a strong desire to promote the consumer friendly nature, clinical efficacy and potency of Meridian Based Traditional Japanese Acupuncture, Alan is a staunch advocate of practically based workshops and draws upon his 25 years clinical experience and 14 years post and undergraduate teaching in a concerted effort to lift the bar globally in the clinical application of this most amazing medical art.

Join him in Exploring the Art of Acupuncture in the 21st century at http://www.Worldacupuncture.com

Japanese Acupuncture Healing Potential

Alan — Mon, 08 Mar 2010 08:45:06 +0000

One of the greatest challenges facing me as a practitioner of Japanese acupuncture is effectively communicating it’s clinical diversity and power.

I believe the best way to do that is to inform you about some of the clinical case histories and challenges confronting those seeking treatment to rectify their specific disharmony, illness, pain or as often occurs in the case of elite sports people, optimize their performance potential.

Here are just a few examples of this potential, I trust these scenario’s will assist you in understanding some of the potential benefits of Japanese acupuncture.

Following is an excerpt from an e-mail kindly sent to me by a patient who has experienced significant health benefits from ongoing treatment.

This patient is a marine biologist who has recently traveled to San Francisco to spend a few months working with her colleagues stateside.

Hi Alan,
How are you? I hope you’ve been out in the water? I’m surfed out trying to get as many surf’s in as possible before heading to San Fran and hasn’t it been beautiful!

I just wanted to say thanks so much for your treatments, they have helped me enormously and I will miss coming in to see you over the next few months. The last treatment was fantastic – it seemed to clear away the nerve tingling and I felt a lot stronger. I wasn’t sleeping as well though but that’s probably to be expected with all the excitement around going overseas.

I’d love to continue acupuncture in San Francisco so if you do have some contacts for me I would really appreciate it. It has helped me beyond words so I’d love to keep it up and I will be sure to come see you again when I get back. I think half of the treatment is your presence and zest for life!

Hope you have a fantastic next couple of months and I’ll look forward to seeing you again when I get back!

As a practitioner this is a very satisfying and welcome communication indeed.

The correspondent works in a very demanding and results orientated field, often experiencing high levels of stress in an effort to meet externally imposed deadlines.

An entirely different perspective arises in discussing the clinical outcome for a patient who was diagnosed as suffering from a molar pregnancy, a condition whereby miscarriage is a 90% certainty.

Without going into details, after several treatments she is now very happily 23 weeks pregnant with an apparently healthy baby on the way according to her medical specialist.

In yet another case, the patient presented with an extremely painful and expansive episode of the shingles.

Whilst no miracle cure was at hand, there can be little doubt that regular Japanese acupuncture treatment aided in his full recovery from this debilitating condition in a relatively short amount of time.

A number of the physiotherapists with whom I practice at the Queensland Sports Medicine Center have sought treatment recently for difficulties in maintaining an extremely busy work schedule and focused fitness training as a result of impeded immune function.

Basically the more intense the training regime and the busier they were at work, the more often they were suffering from colds, flu’s and accompanying lethargy.

It is of no surprise to me that their condition appears to improve relative to the regularity of their treatment?

I often work in conjunction with the physiotherapists in an effort to bring about a more rapid and complete recovery of our patients.

One example of such cooperation is the work we have been doing to assist an ex-Australian cricketing legend prepare for the forthcoming IPL cricketing tournament in India.

Amongst other aspects of treatment, I believe Japanese acupuncture has been extremely beneficial in defusing much of the physical stress related to his increased training regime and the mental anguish associated with a making a decision regarding his involvement as a result of the security status of the tournament and concerns for his personal safety.

As well as recharging his energetic battery, Japanese acupuncture treatment also provided an extremely welcome refuge from the myriad of questions and potential outcomes that assuaged his mind during this most difficult of decision-making scenarios.

Last but not least, Emma Snowsill is the reigning Olympic Gold Medalist in the sport of Triathlon, an event that includes a 1500m swim, 40k bike ride and a 10k run.

Against the best female tri athletes on the planet, that implies insanely fit individuals with extra ordinary motors sharpened to a cutting edge by the hardness of competition and intense training, all striving to be at the absolute peak of their game for the ultimate reward for a competitive athlete, Emma won her gold medal in emphatic fashion at the 2008 Beijing Olympic Games.

March 2010 and Emma has been struggling with persistent immune related problems for several months, including a diabolically compromised energetic status and repetitive breakdowns in her health resulting in continual colds and flu’s, a situation that saw her training regime severely compromised.

Over the last few months she has been receiving regular Japanese acupuncture treatment and her condition has improved markedly, to a point where she has recently been able to resume full training.

I believe regular weekly treatments have helped Emma accelerate her training regime whilst maintaining a robust immune status.

By way of explanation, Emma missed a treatment a couple of weeks ago, whilst continuing to accelerate her training regime she flew to Melbourne where she was subjected to a radical climate change, the end result was that she attended clinic last Wednesday suffering from a sore throat, streaming sinuses, increased lethargy and she was justifiably concerned that her health was about to crash again.

In short, after three treatments Emma left for Abu Dhabi today to attend the http://www.laureus.com/awards/ in good health, no runny nose, sore throat greatly improved and energetically much stronger.

I’m sure you’ll agree this is a preferable option when one is partaking in international travel and will see her able to enjoy this landmark event to the fullest.

As a practitioner of Japanese acupuncture the reality is that a majority of people through no fault of their own are totally ignorant of the diversity and power of this ancient healing modality.

Whilst most people are aware that acupuncture has the potential to help with neck, back, shoulder, knee, hip and ankle injuries and pain, headaches etc, most have little or no idea of its clinical diversity in the hands of an experienced and competent practitioner.

Alan

Join him in Exploring the Art of Acupuncture in the 21st century at : http://www.Worldacupuncture.com

Japanese Acupuncture,Meridian Therapy preferred by elite tennis professional

Alan — Mon, 11 Jan 2010 22:48:37 +0000

A warm welcome, especially to our Japanese Acupuncture/ Meridian Therapy/ Traditional Acupuncture colleagues ensconced in the depth of a freezing cold winter in the Northern Hemisphere.

It has taken me some time to get into gear for 2010.

The latter part of our spring and the first part of summer saw Rainbow Bay buffeted by unrelenting onshore winds and we were all but surf less for almost 10 weeks.

However, I’m absolutely delighted to report that since the 1^st January we have seen some pretty constant offshore winds, presenting us with some pristine surfing conditions.

Last Wednesday was the highlight when I gorged myself on head high waves and a number of 200 m rides.

Along with the socializing often equated with our summer holiday season, the lush surfing conditions made tying myself to a desk and writing well-nigh impossible, my apologies.

To make up for my erroneous ways I have included a few images taken yesterday and this morning of Rainbow Bay in today’s blog post.

I hope you enjoy.

The View from my balcony at Rainbow Bay, Australia

Rainbow Bay, Gold Coast, Australia

Nothing like a bit of Didgeridoo to brighten up an already splendid morning

Beachgoers lapping up the sun at Rainbow Bay

Local surf instructor Davo and assistant preparing for another busy day

Japanese Acupuncture/Meridian Therapy preferred by Elite Tennis professional

In clinic last week Olga, a talented Ukrainian professional tennis player in town for the Brisbane lead up tournaments to the Australia open came into see me for Japanese acupuncture treatment.

By way of history she had received three Japanese acupuncture treatments about the same time last year.

Obviously she enjoyed the experience and derived some benefit from her treatment.

Olga lamented the lack of practitioners of similar style acupuncture on the world tennis circuit.

As a result I have undertaken to refer her to appropriate colleagues in the relevant cities in which I have a connection.

So far we have the Prague, Tokyo, New York and San Diego tournaments covered.

If you or someone you know practices Japanese acupuncture/Meridian therapy and the WTP world tour will be visiting your/their city at some time in 2010, http://www.atpworldtour.com/Tournaments/Event-Calendar.aspx , please email me alanatworldacupuncturedotcom and in turn I will send Olga your contact details.

Olga’s Treatment

Due in the main to the incredibly intense training regime and tournament schedule Olga adheres to, her symptoms and pulse I diagnosed her as Liver deficiency and used a Liv.8 – Ki.10 Root treatment, shunting GB.34.

In conjunction with her inherited constitution, a blending of lung, liver and kidney deficiencies, Olga naturally tends towards liver deficiency as a result of the extraordinary athletic effort required to become an elite tennis player, a sport that involves an unbelievable amount of intense running especially at the professional level.

The variations in the hardness of the surfaces upon which she trains and plays exact a severe toll upon her reserves of energy and her body’s cooling system, which according to traditional thinking is the primary responsibility of the Kidney complex.

It would be difficult to argue that the Kidney energy also plays a vital role in the harmonious function of the liver, enabling the liver to thoroughly cleanse the blood thus enhancing recovery from intense activity and literally preventing a meltdown.

Constant legwork during training plus an arduously regular competition places a huge load on three leg yin meridians contributing enormously to the load placed primarily on the Kidney and Liver Meridians.

In addition to the more internal workings of the Kidney and Bladder, the meridians are adjacent to each other at the insertion of the Achilles tendon on the heel.

Olga’s left Achilles tendon was the most adversely affected and palpation revealed areas around Ki.9, Sp.9 and the gallbladder meridian on the upper leg were exceptionally tender and tight.

After addressing the constitutional deficiencies via the root treatment I inserted the indicated back-shu points including ondan or moxa needle applied to BL.23.

Significant points of tenderness around the insertion of the Achilles tendon were located and either needles or rice grain moxibustion applied.

I also closely examined her lower legs for indurations and treated accordingly.

Olga specifically stated that no other treatment that she had come across was anywhere near as effective as Japanese Acupuncture/Meridian therapy including the use of cortisone and anti-inflammatory medication.

No more need be said!

We appreciate your interest and take your commitment to ‘Exploring the Art of Acupuncture’ seriously, having said that we are practitioners and students of Traditional Acupuncture first and foremost.

Our shortcomings in technology are many, we know we have a lot of room for improvement at http://worldacupuncture.com and will make every effort to continue to do so throughout 2010.

Kind regards,
Alan
PS.
Please feel free to ask questions and give feedback any time, thank you.

WORLD ACUPUNCTURE VIDEO UPDATES

Here are the latest updates for http://worldacupuncture.com

Our Chief Videographer, Andrew Beencke, is representing in China for the World Acupuncture Crew!

You can find the first of his reports here:

A Meridian Therapist in China, Week 1: Love at First Bite

http://www.worldacupuncture.com/public/193.cfm

Other video updates for members this January include:

7/1/10: VIDEO: Super-Superficial Needle Technique: Japanese Acupuncture Skills Training.

http://www.worldacupuncture.com/members/196.cfm
Takashi Furure has studied acupuncture extensively in Japan and is a highly skilled practitioner. In this video, he demonstrates a super-superficial insertion technique.

14/1/10: VIDEO: Japanese Acupuncture Treatment for Fatigue, Poor Appetite: Part 1.

http://www.worldacupuncture.com/members/197.cfm Note: This link will only become active on 14/1/10.

Alan treats a student for fatigue and poor appetite. Japanese acupuncture is particularly effective for these common problems. In this video, Alan demonstrates the use of foot pulses to differentiate between Spleen and Kidney deficiency. First of two videos.

21/01/10: VIDEO: Glandular Fever Sequelae: Theory and Treatment in Japanese Acupuncture: Part 5.

http://www.worldacupuncture.com/members/195.cfm Note: This link will only become active on 21/1/10.

The fifth and final video in our Glandular Fever series. Further indepth theoretical discussion of treatment strategies is contained within!

28/1/10: VIDEO: Japanese Acupuncture Treatment for Fatigue, Poor Appetite: Part 2.

http://www.worldacupuncture.com/members/198.cfm Note: This link will only become active on 28/1/10.

Second and final video in this series. There is an interesting discussion of the various kinds of Yang deficiency syndromes and a demonstration of scatter needling. There is also an unusual root treatment.

You are welcome to enjoy this month’s videos! On behalf of the World Acupuncture Crew, I sincerely wish that this last year of the decade is a prosperous one for you all.

Kind Regards,

Alan

Join him in Exploring the Art of Acupuncture in the 21st century at
http://www.Worldacupuncture.com

Effective Japanese Acupuncture Diagnostic Protocols

Alan — Sun, 14 Jun 2009 21:57:00 +0000

Japanese Acupuncture diagnostic protocols can be incredibly effective in assisting to fine tune treatments to suit the individual patient and their current condition.

There is no question in my mind that the most vital aspect of effective Traditional Japanese Acupuncture treatment is what we know it has the root treatment, the fundamental driver of successful treatment outcomes.

I recently experienced a classic demonstration of the importance of the correct root treatment when working with one of the elite Australian Rules football players that I regularly treat in my Brisbane clinic.

Roger had injured his ankle and had been undergoing treatment (physiotherapy and Traditional Japanese Acupuncture) for this injury.

The medical hierarchy of the club decided that it was in his best interests to receive a local cortisone injection to reduce some residual inflammation in a troublesome Achilles tendon whilst he was incapacitated with his ankle injury.

After the cortisone injection Roger experienced an extremely restless night’s sleep, night sweats, sore throat and severe malaise the following morning.

Influenced by the current flu conscious environment I erred in my diagnosis, incorrectly concluding that Roger’s fundamental deficiency lay in the Spleen meridian and proceeded to administer a Spleen deficiency root treatment (Pe 7 – Sp3) throughout the following week.

The Spleen meridian plays an important role in boosting the immune system and I was extremely concerned that his internal defense mechanisms were performing at an optimal level.

After three treatments there was precious little improvement in his condition and it became obvious to me that I was barking up the wrong tree.

As a result I put aside all my preconceptions, wiped the slate clean and went through the diagnostic process thoroughly and without prejudice.

In a classic dah moment I realized that I had misdiagnosed his condition and rather than Spleen deficiency the fundamental imbalance lay the Kidney meridian.

In hindsight it was quite obvious that rather than suffering from flu or as we know in Traditional Acupuncture an exogenous pathogenic invasion, he was suffering from cortisone induced kidney deficiency.

One of the unique qualities of the diagnostic paradigms of Traditional Japanese Acupuncture is the ability to logically navigate our way between root treatments when confronted by unsuccessful clinical outcomes.

Roger responded immediately to Kidney root treatment (Lu 5 – Ki7), letting us know at the end of the session that he felt much better already.

Two days later and he reported that all the symptoms had improved out of sight and he was once again full of beans and raring to go.

There was still much work to be done on his injured ankle but he was able to fully embrace all aspects of a non-weight-bearing training regime in an effort to maintain his base fitness levels.

The bottom line is that regardless of my inadequacies as a clinician by using the guidelines provided by Traditional Japanese Acupuncture I was eventually able to achieve a successful clinical outcome for Roger, detect and correct my misdiagnosis, expand my understanding and clinical expertise.

I am, you might say, wiser for the experience and extremely grateful that I was able to utilize the logical diagnostic protocols of Traditional Japanese Acupuncture to expand my capacity to deliver the goods in clinic.

All the best,
Alan

Alan Jansson is an internationally recognized teacher and practitioner of Traditional Japanese Acupuncture. For well over a decade, independent of and in conjunction with Masakazu Ikeda sensei and Edward Obaidey, Alan has presented, convened and hosted in the vicinity of 30 Traditional Japanese Acupuncture workshops in Australia, New Zealand and USA. Driven by a strong desire to promote the consumer friendly nature, clinical efficacy and potency of Meridian Based Traditional Japanese Acupuncture, Alan is a staunch advocate of practically based workshops and draws upon his 25 years clinical experience and 14 years post and undergraduate teaching in a concerted effort to lift the bar globally in the clinical application of this most amazing medical art.

Join him in Exploring the Art of Acupuncture in the 21st century at http://www.Worldacupunctureblog.com

For more info, please visit: http://www.Worldacupuncture.com

Daniel Kowalski uses Japanese Acupuncture and Breaks 3 World Records

Alan — Sat, 09 May 2009 20:34:23 +0000

One week ago retired Olympic Gold, Silver and Bronze medalist, Daniel Kowalski broke 3 world records at the Australian Masters Swimming titles.

In this post we have a video interview with Daniel and I have provided
a little of his successful history with Traditional Japanese
Acupuncture.

In late 1998 Daniel presented including suffering from a severely compromised immune system.

When competing in swimming meets where he would contest the 200 m,
400 m and 1500 m events Daniel was all too frequently suffering from chronic sinusitis, headaches, severe lethargy and malaise, definitely not the ideal state to successfully achieve his goal of competing in the Sydney 2000 Olympic Games.

To cut a long story short, Daniel commenced a regular treatment regime of Traditional Japanese Acupuncture
that resulted in him regaining robust good health thus allowing him to
train and compete successfully at the level required to qualify.

Daniel was also suffering from severe wear and tear of both shoulders that eventually required surgical intervention to repair.

The bottom line is that in the three years he attended clinic he did not suffer from any illness, a far cry from the repeated health dilemmas that he had suffered previously.

A decade later and Daniel is once again competing albeit at the Masters games rather than at Olympic level.

This year the Australian Masters swimming was held in Brisbane, Australia.

Daniel now resides in Melbourne and at my behest had been receiving
regular Traditional Japanese Acupuncture treatment from my erstwhile
colleague Katsuhiko Okuma.

With the help of Okuma sensei his preparation had been excellent and
when he presented in clinic last Thursday week he was in excellent
shape, apart from a painful lower back.

This made my job a lot easier.

Daniel requested Traditional Japanese Acupuncture treatment to optimize his energy levels and resolve his lower back discomfort thus providing him with sufficient fuel in the tank to once again compete successfully.

I performed a Spleen deficiency root treatment utilizing the points Pe 7 and Sp 3 to build his core energy reserves and shunted the gall bladder meridian utilizing the point GB 40 to enhance the distribution of this energy to his limbs.

I also utilized the relevant back shu points, rice grain moxibustion (Tonetskyu) on the lower back and performed scatter needling throughout his neck and shoulders

The following video is an interview that was conducted last Saturday week after he had broken the world record in the 800 m freestyle event for his age group in Masters swimming by a massive 8 seconds.

After this interview I performed a similar treatment to the one that
he had received on Thursday morning and that afternoon he went on to
break the 400 m freestyle world record for his age group in Masters swimming by an unbelievable 7 seconds.

On the Sunday Daniel raced in the 200 m freestyle and you guessed it, he broke the world record in this event also.

His remarkable performance showed that his awesome competitive
spirit continued to burn brightly and his confidence in the ability of Traditional Japanese Acupuncture to enhance his sporting performance was most definitely reflected in his outstanding results.

Alan Jansson is an internationally recognized teacher and practitioner of Traditional Japanese Acupuncture. For well over a decade, independent of and in conjunction with Masakazu Ikeda sensei and Edward Obaidey, Alan has presented, convened and hosted in the vicinity of 30 Traditional Japanese Acupuncture workshops in Australia, New Zealand and USA. Driven by a strong desire to promote the consumer friendly nature, clinical efficacy and potency of Meridian Based Traditional Japanese Acupuncture, Alan is a staunch advocate of practically based workshops and draws upon his 25 years clinical experience and 14 years post and undergraduate teaching in a concerted effort to lift the bar globally in the clinical application of this most amazing medical art.

Join him in Exploring the Art of Acupuncture in the 21st century at http://www.Worldacupunctureblog.com

For more info, please visit: http://www.Worldacupuncture.com

World Acupuncture 2009

Alan — Thu, 15 Jan 2009 23:54:41 +0000

I hope 2009 thus far has been as kind to you as it has too me.

Clinic has been busy and there seems to be a much more optimistic air about the place.

David, Adam,Andrew and Efrat, day one clinic 2009.

The last three months of 2008 saw very little rideable surf and constant onshore winds battering the northern New South Wales and southern Queensland coastlines.

At Rainbow Bay in 2009 we have had almost 2 weeks of excellent waves and weather off the top shelf, beautiful clear days and offshore winds.

Here are just a few images, there were much larger waves but I was too busy working, surfing or recreating too capture any images. These images were taken at Greenmount, Gold Coast, Australia late in the evening.

Looking from Greenmount north to Surfers Paradise

A helmet can come in handy, especially when it gets crowded and random acts of madness occur.

Surfers going every which way

Stokin the fires, an eloquent statement fo sho.

Laid back on lil one.

A nice set of waves n a seagull enjoying the view.

Waiting, just a few of the crew.

Same crew, waiting is over.

Snapper Rocks and Rainbow Bay

Looked up on the way home

I trust that you too have been able to thoroughly enjoy the lush beginnings of a new year and this e-mail finds you relaxed and rejuvenated, ready for the challenges that lie ahead.

Many patients have asked me whether I treat myself, the answer in a nutshell is yes, however the range of treatments I can perform on myself are somewhat limited by the length of my arms and my subsequent inability to reach some of the vital points on the back.

Due to many hours of paddling in the surf my right shoulder, damaged in a nasty motor vehicle accident 18 months ago, started playing up, pain and weakness being the main symptoms.

On Sunday night whilst cricketer David Warner was smashing a majestic 89 off a test series winning South African pace bowling attack I kicked back on my lounge suite and proceeded to poke and prod my shoulder, upper arm and forearm to locate the specific points of blockage.

I inserted needles in the appropriate places and contented with the entertainment provided so kindly by David Warner gently stimulated said needles.

Without question, as a result of my self treatment I was in much better shape for my early morning surf on Monday and excellent surf it was.

I don’t often treat myself but the ability to do so has aided and abetted my health and well-being on a number of occasions.

Like most of us I tend to hold back on looking after myself, however the positive outcome that I experienced as a result of my self treatment has inspired me to be more consistent in this department in 2009.

This year I will be preparing a series of videos explaining some of the intricacies of Traditional Acupuncture for the consumer, these videos will be available to members of http://www.worldacupuncture.com and I will be doing my best to make them suitable for circulation to your patients.
I trust that these videos will help to answer many of the questions that I and no doubt you, have been asked about how acupuncture works.

Kind Regards,
Alan

PS.
I am leaving for New Zealand tomorrow afternoon Sat. 17th Jan. and returning on Tuesday, February 3rd. There will be no posts from me until then as I will be computer free n easy

It seems like yesterday that I was last in the land of the long white cloud, however in reality it has been two years since I last visited this scenic wonderland.

I look forward to my 26th year in practice with relish and I thank you for reading this post.

Alan Jansson is an internationally recognized teacher and practitioner
of Traditional Japanese Acupuncture. For well over a decade,
independent of and in conjunction with Masakazu Ikeda sensei and
Edward Obaidey, Alan has presented, convened and hosted in the
vicinity of 30 Traditional Japanese Acupuncture workshops in
Australia, New Zealand and USA. Driven by a strong desire to promote
the consumer friendly nature, clinical efficacy and potency of
Meridian Based Traditional Japanese Acupuncture, Alan is a staunch
advocate of practically based workshops and draws upon his 25 years
clinical experience and 14 years post and undergraduate teaching in a
concerted effort to lift the bar globally in the clinical application
of this most amazing medical art.

Join him in Exploring the Art of Acupuncture in the 21st century at

http://www.WorldAcupunctureblog.com

For more info, please visit: http://www.WorldAcupuncture.com

Japanese Acupuncture for Severe Hangover

Alan — Fri, 03 Oct 2008 04:47:37 +0000

What an extraordinary couple of weeks it has been!
Once again I have been challenged on the virtual front.
Clinically however, it has been a very rewarding period with many challenges and some positive treatment outcomes.

On Monday I treated Vivian who had a few extra champagnes on the previous Thursday night and woke up Friday morning in diabolical shape, vomiting incessantly throughout the day, a scenario that settled into a permanent state of nausea with an accompanying headache and extreme lethargy.
In the short, she spent most of Friday, Saturday and Sunday in bed.

I have been treating Vivian was several years and in the process we have managed to put the previously chronic and incessant migraine headaches well and truly into the background.
From suffering migraine headaches on an almost daily basis, Vivian now finds herself suffering from migraine headaches once or twice a year.

This was however, a very different situation.

For the majority of the time that she has been under the supervision, I have used a Liver Yin deficiency (Liv.8 – Ki.10) root treatment very successfully.
But after spending considerable time discussing her symptoms, palpating her abdomen and taking her pulse, quite almost reluctantly concluded that a diagnosis of Spleen deficiency Liver excess heat syndrome with significant deficient heat invading the stomach causing rebellious stomach qi in the form of constant nausea.

Whilst her constitutional Liver Yin deficiency required a Liver tonification root treatment. to effectively treat her current condition I needed to disperse rather than tonify the liver meridian.

Biting the bullet and performing this treatment required much clinical fortitude; if I had misdiagnosed, Vivian would more than likely have been on the receiving end of a very severe migraine headache.

Definitely not the outcome that I had in mind!

A Spleen root treatment, tonifying Pe.7 – Sp.3, dispersing the Liver meridian using the point Liv.2 and shunting the stomach meridian using the point St.44 resulted in an immediate amelioration of her headache and an easing of the nausea.

After applying the root treatment I then turned Vivian over and inserted the appropriate back shu points, including Bl.14 – 17 -18 – 20 – 23 – 40 -58 as well as GB.20 – 21 – 30.

After 30 minutes or so, Vivian’s nausea and headache had almost completely disappeared.

The following day, Vivian awoke feeling fantastic and was once again able to run her regular 6 to 7 km round the block excursion, something that she had been unable to do since Friday morning.
She ran six minutes faster than her previous personal best!
Go figure?

In this 1 ½ minute interview Vivian talks about this acupuncture stuff.

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Alan Jansson is an internationally recognized teacher and practitioner of Traditional Japanese Acupuncture. For well over a decade, independent of and in conjunction with Masakazu Ikeda sensei and Edward Obaidey, Alan has presented, convened and hosted in the vicinity of 30 Traditional Japanese Acupuncture workshops in Australia, New Zealand and USA. Driven by a strong desire to promote the consumer friendly nature, clinical efficacy and potency of Meridian Based Traditional Japanese Acupuncture, Alan is a staunch advocate of practically based workshops and draws upon his 25 years clinical experience and 14 years post and undergraduate teaching in a concerted effort to lift the bar globally in the clinical application of this most amazing medical art.

For more info, please visit: WorldAcupuncture.com

Japanese Acupuncture for Health and Vitality

Alan — Sun, 21 Sep 2008 07:17:00 +0000

Hello ,

I hope you and yours are enjoying good health and soaking up some of our new found spring warmth.

Have you or do you know someone who has been suffering with or struggling to recover from a bout of the flu?

If Traditional Japanese Acupuncture is effective for elite athletes under immense physical, mental and emotional pressure then it stands to reason that there could be significant benefit available for us mere mortals.

We are well into spring 2008 and it appears that life has not slowed down at all.

The rate of change, the extraordinary amount of information and seemingly endless possibilities available to us, the climate, the extreme events on the economic front, sporting heroes/ antiheroes, footy finals, babies popping up everywhere, it is all happening!

If we have insufficient energy/inspiration to maintain the cracking pace of life in the 21st century, instead of being pleasurable, life can become stressful and tiring, more of a struggle than an adventure, resulting in a subtle/not so subtle decline in our health and well-being.

Recharging our batteries through Traditional Japanese Acupuncture can optimize our ability to enjoy life to its fullest!

Last Tuesday I finally managed to get myself from ‘Behind the Clinic Curtain’ to the other side, receiving an extremely rejuvenating Traditional Japanese Acupuncture treatment from my talented colleague and former number one clinical assistant, Efrat Sudai.

‘My sore and tender throat, dull nagging sinus pain, aching and lethargic body, upset tummy were greatly improved after one 45 minute session of Traditional Japanese Acupuncture.’

The change in how I felt as a result of this treatment was nothing short of extraordinary and had me singing the praises of Traditional Japanese Acupuncture and the skill of Efrat with renewed vigor.

A big thank you to Efrat for her timely assistance in restoring my health and well-being, in the process reinforcing my awareness and understanding of the power of Traditional Japanese Acupuncture from the other side of the clinic curtain!

I am extremely grateful to have a practitioner of Efrat’s skill and expertise available for treatment and have already booked in for my next session!

During my 25 years in practice I have witnessed 100’s of positive treatment outcomes for patients suffering from low immunity, repeated doses of colds and flu with the subsequent lingering performance affecting afflictions, including sinus, cough, lethargy, achiness, headaches, general malaise or a feeling of ‘unwellness’ that settles upon us like a cloud, drastically affecting our sense of well – being and enjoyment of life.

Former Olympic swimmer Daniel Kowalski, former Brisbane Lions AFL star Alastair Lynch, newly appointed coach and former premiership captain of the Brisbane Lions, Michael Voss, current Brisbane Lions stars including Jonathan Brown, Daniel Merrett and Daniel Bradshaw, AFL veteran and Brownlow medalist Jason Akermanis and Australian cricket legend Matthew Hayden have all used Traditional Japanese Acupuncture to maintain or recover their health and well-being, re-charge their batteries, improve their performance and lengthen their careers.

If Traditional Japanese Acupuncture is effective for elite athletes under immense physical, mental and emotional pressure then it stands to reason that there could be significant benefit available for us mere mortals.

Using the underlying treatment rationale of Traditional Japanese Acupuncture a skilled practitioner can work with the Wei Qi (defensive energy/immune system) and Gu Qi (ingestion, assimilation, nourishment and conversion to nutritive energy), influencing the energetic core of our bodies known in an extremely beneficial way.

After commencing regular Traditional Japanese Acupuncture treatment, Olympic swimmer Daniel Kowalski went from suffering repeated viral and bacterial infections that were threatening his ability to compete at the 2000 Olympic Games and compromising his swimming career to enjoying robust good health and a blemish free record not suffering one incident of flu or viral infection during the final three years of his career.

To view the video of a short interview with Daniel just click on this image.

We all have our own personal Olympics on a daily basis, so much to do in so little time and the constant effort of maintaining this cracking pace is definitely taking a toll on the overall health and well-being of many of us in the 21st century.

Practitioners of Traditional Japanese Acupuncture are trained to harmonize and balance the bodies’ energy with the aim of reinforcing improved health.

This gentle and refined style of acupuncture is not only effective in treating pain and discomfort; it can be an enormously powerful treatment for stress relief and strengthening our immune systems.

Many patients have reported a sense of rejuvenation, increased vitality, improved cold and flu resistance, enhanced sleep and better digestion as a result of treatment.

As astute practitioners of Traditional Japanese Acupuncture your improved health and well-being is our number one treatment priority!

A VERY SPECIAL WELCOME TO EFRAT SUDAI

www.efratsudai.com

After 10 years of traveling to Brisbane to avoid a debilitating overdose of the Coolangatta to Brisbane peak hour commute, I have revised my schedule and invited Efrat Sudai to practice from my rooms at the Queensland Sports Medicine Centre on Tuesday mornings.

Efrat has been an outstanding student of Traditional Japanese Acupuncture since the beginning of the century.

After several years of study, intensive on the job training and clinical practice, she has evolved into a fully accredited, extremely talented and highly skilled practitioner.

Allowing Efrat to treat me is extreme testimony to her skill and proficiency, I am massively particular about who practices Acupuncture on me!

Specializing in Pre-and Post Natal Care, Pediatric Acupuncture, Natural Fertility and IVF patient support programs, Efrat is totally committed to the health and well being of her clients.

Her recruitment is a wonderful plus for the center, as yet another talented practitioner joins the awesome team at the Queensland Sports Medicine Center.

This change will mean increased longevity in practice for me, extended appointment times and more treatment options for you.

I will continue to be available for treatment Tuesday afternoons, all day Thursdays and Saturday mornings.

Efrat will be available for treatment Tuesday mornings from 8:30 a.m.

Click on this image to the view the video of a complete Traditional Japanese Acupuncture treatment for severe flu symptoms that I performed on Efrat a few weeks ago.

How sweet it is that Efrat was able to return the favor as described above.

Sunday night and as darkness falls, lightning is cracking and thunder rolling as an early spring storm rolls in.

Thanks for reading,

Alan

Alan Jansson is an internationally recognized teacher and practitioner of Traditional Japanese Acupuncture. For well over a decade, independent of and in conjunction with Masakazu Ikeda sensei and Edward Obaidey, Alan has presented, convened and hosted in the vicinity of 30 Traditional Japanese Acupuncture workshops in Australia, New Zealand and USA. Driven by a strong desire to promote the consumer friendly nature, clinical efficacy and potency of Meridian Based Traditional Japanese Acupuncture, Alan is a staunch advocate of practically based workshops and draws upon his 25 years clinical experience and 14 years post and undergraduate teaching in a concerted effort to lift the bar globally in the clinical application of this most amazing medical art.

Join him in Exploring the Art of Acupuncture in the 21st century at WorldAcupunctureblog.com

For more info, please visit: WorldAcupuncture.com

Olympic Gold Medalist Talks Acupuncture

Alan — Fri, 15 Aug 2008 20:18:14 +0000

Daniel Kowalski, Olympic Gold, Silver and Bronze medalist in swimming, discusses the benefits of Japanese Acupuncture¬† in keeping his troublesome shoulders functioning and maintaining robust good health during the arduous training required to compete at the Olympics.

Daniel went from suffering from constant performance sapping flu’s and cold’s, to not being unwell at all during the 2 years of intense training and competition it took to swim at his 3rd Olympic Games.

He credits Japanese Acupuncture as a key factor behind his improved health and subsequent selection in the Olympic Swimming Team for Sydney 2000.

Daniel is the poolside interviewer for the Australian TV broadcast from the Beijing Olympics.

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Half Time Acupuncture for AKA

Alan — Fri, 04 Apr 2008 03:31:34 +0000

Champion Australian Rules Footballer, Jason Akermanis changed gears in the second half after a few acupuncture needles in his buttock at half time.

Talk about ………. needle in cheek

Just click on the link below to get the full story.

Hope all is well in your world,

Alan
http://www.realfooty.com.au/news/news/akas-important-bum/2008/04/02/1206851013934.html